Eye-shade



N0; 008,005. Patented my 26, |888.

. E. w; PHILBR00K.

EYE SHADE.

(Application filed Dec. 2, 1897.)

(No Model.)

www

EMMELINE W.'PIIILBROOK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Evt-SHADE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 608,005, dated July 26, 1898.

Application filed December 2, 1897. Serial No. 660,514. (No model.)

1 '0 a/ZZ whom t may concern.-V

Beit known that I, EMMELINE W. PHIL- BROOK, of Boston, Massachusetts, have ina vented a new and useful Improvement in Eye- Shades, which improvement is fully'set forth inthe following specification.

This invention has reference to eye-shades, and has for its object to provide a simple and convenient device for effectually shading the eyes by excluding rays of light both from ab'ove and at the sides, adapted to be compactly folded for carrying in the pocket, and of such character as to be very cheaply manufactured.

A further object is to avoid the fatigue and annoyance resulting from compression across the brow or other part of the head caused by shades held in place bya cord or spring and to provide a shade that can be worn with spectacles or eyeglasses and with a hat or other form of head-covering.

To this end my improved shade consists of awire frame, resembling in some respects the ordinary spectacle-frame, having hinged side bars adapted to engage behind the ears of the wearer, and to which frame is secured the shade proper, consisting of the main section, extending across the forehead, andptwo side sections hinged to the main section and secured to and adaptedto move with the side bars of the frame, so as to be folded with the side bars over against the main section of the shade when the device is collapsed for placing in the pocket.

The invention will be more fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l shows my improved shade opened and ready to be slipped onto the head-of the wearer.. Fig. 2 shows the same in a collapsed condition, and Fig. 3 is a detail View showing the hinge connection between the main and side sections of the shade proper.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the middle section of the wire supporting-frame, formed with a nose-rest a and having upwardly-extending arms a' a at its opposite ends.

h h are side bars hinged to the ends of the section A and adapted to rest when the shade is in use over the ears of the wearer. If desirable, the bars may be formed with hooks at their endsto engage behind the ears C is the middle or main section of the shade proper, preferably from four and one-half to five inches long by from one and one-half to two inches wide and having a curved upper edge to better lit the contour of the forehead, and C O are the side sections, preferably about two inches long and of about the same width as the main section, hinged to the ends of the'latter at c c. The sections C and O' are made of some opaque material, preferably quite thin, light, and sufficiently iiexible to prevent creasing, cracking, or breaking under ordinary pressure, such as would be encountered when the shade is carried in the pocket, but sufficiently stiff to-readily hold its shape when in use. I have found two-ply buclrram very suitable for this purpose, the middle and side sections being formed of a single piece of this material, the inner ply being cut away, as at c c', to form the hinges c c. Any suitable material may, however, be employed.

The main section C of the shade is secured to the upper ends of the upright arms a a of the frame, as at d CZ, and the side sections O C are secured, respectively, to the side bars b h, as at e e.

It will be -understood that the upper edge of the main section C of the shade lits closely against the forehead of the wearer and the upper edges of the side sections C closely against the temples, thus excluding all rays of light from above and from the sides.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. A collapsible eye-shade consisting of a supporting-frame composed of a middle sec `tion and side bars hinged to the ends'of said middle section and adapted to engage over the ears respectively, and a shade proper con sisting of a middle section of an opaque material-such as buckram-and of such length as to extend entirelyacross the forehead of the wearer, and side sections of similar material hinged to the ends of said middle section and secured to the side bars, whereby the side sections and side bars may be folded down against the middle section, substantially as described.

2. An eye shade consisting of asupporting- IOO frame having a middle section formed with a side sections and side bars may be folded nose-rest and side bars hinged to the ends of down against the middle section, substansaid middle section and adapted to engage tially as described. over theears, respectively, anda shadeproper In testimony whereof I have signed this 5 consisting ofamiddle section of an opaque maspecification in the presence of two subscrib- 15 serial-such as buckram-and of such length ing Witnesses.

' A as to extend entirely across the forehead of EMMELINE W. PHILBROOK.

the wearer, and side sections of similar ma- Witnesses: terial hinged to the ends of said middle see- LIDA A. OURICH,

10 tion and secured t-o the side bars, whereby the H. G. ALLEN. 

